About this episode

This episode features five fairy tales retold by Bridget Hadaway, exploring themes of magic and family.

This week on River Reads, Episode 38- Magic & Pancakes, features five tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called The Three Little Pigs, Aladdin & His Lamp, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Aniello & His Little Speckled Hen, and The Thick, Fat Pancake. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little confu...

People in this episode

Host: River Wilde

Topics covered

• fairy tales
• storytelling
• children's literature
• magic
• family

Keywords

• fairy tales
• magic
• pancakes
• children's stories
• River Reads

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Three Little Pigs, Aladdin & His Lamp, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Aniello & His Little Speckled Hen, The Thick, Fat Pancake

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